Sixth and - for a time being - last of Gondorian soldiers, defenders of the City of the White Tree. Painting is exactly the same as with previously shown five miniatures. I wonder, if my brother - who painted this miniature, of course - has some mounted Gondorian knights...The scene, where Faramir leads doomed charge of Gondorian chivalry against hordes of Mordor is one of my favourites. Especially seen together with Pippin singing his song and Denethor eating his dinner...

Mormeg and his last miniatures for Middle-Earth game has pushed me finally. I decided to paint something for my Rohan army (total four painted miniatures so far, great show of strength). My miniature of choice was smallest figure in my Rohan collection, Merry dressed as a knight of Rohan. I tried to mimic colours showed in the movie but some detailes were hard to find. When the miniature was finished, I found some details I was interested in and it seems gloves should be a little different. Well, I won't repaint them certainly. Miniature itself was badly casted. Sword-helding hand, and more precisely fingers, were one round ball of metal. Face too was very badly detailed, fortunately it is not that visible.

Once the photos was done I realised that edge of the base should be painted too. Well, I will paint it. Someday.

Fifth Minas Tirith soldier, this time armed with something resembling a partisan. This particular example doesn't, maybe, perfectly fit descriptions of such weapons but two broad wings on the blade are pronounded and are visible. I find it interesting that Jackson decided to show this polearm, as it wasn't really so popular and is not widely known.

Miniature itself, which was painted by Mormeg, of course, is exactly the same as four already shown here - at least my bro told me that. Personally, I think that armour has deeper blue hint.

When the Dwarfs built the mountain city of Caraz-A-Carak in the East of the Old World, they created the largest, most wonderful and impregnable fortress the world was ever to see. Its chambers and halls opened into the heart of the mountain and deep into its roots. Unknown to the Dwarfs their tunnellings were to lead them into the still vaster, still deeper and unfathomably more ancient caverns below the mountains.

Within these caverns dwelt many foul creatures. Little did the Dwarfs guess of the blood-letting and savagery that was to rise from beneath their feet. Soon the lower passages of the Dwarf Kingdoms became the hunting grounds of the perilous Lizardmen, the most feared of whom was the reptile known to the Dwarfs as Karnac, leader of a savage band of Lizard men including the dread animal called Huris. For almost a hundred years the Dwarfs battled against the Lizardmen, chamber by chamber and level by level. But the Lizardmen proved too strong, and grew ever stronger as they feasted upon the flesh of the slain and drank the blood of their doomed captives. Eventually the Dwarfs gave up hope of ever recovering the lower levels, and sealed them off by collapsing the connecting passages. What then became of Karnac, Huris and the Lizardmen can only be imagined.

EQUIPMENT: The Lizardmen carry a Long bow and usually two large decorated quivers. Each Lizardman has in addition at least two swords, and often a stone club as well. Each warrior carries a shield.

BATTLECRY: Before battle these creatures raise up a great noise of hissing and snarling, as the cry gets louder and louder the Lizardmen's thirst for blood reaches an uncontrollable level, and they fall upon their unfortunate enernies.

DEEDS: In the main chamber of the 142nd level Karnac slew and subsequently ate a dozen Dwarf warriors, including Baluk Ironfist, the heir to the Kingship. After this occasion his howls of indigestion echoed throughout the fortress for many weeks.

SHIELD: The shield carried by these troops is made from the hide of some underground reptile, and is of mottled grey or green colour.

UNIFORMS: The colours of the reptiles themselves vary from dull browns to sparkling reds and blues. Karnac himself is white. Huris is green. Most of the equipment carried by thesec reatures is black, whilst the commonest metal used by the lizardmen is either copper or a copper alloy such as brass or bronze. Lizardmen sometimes use captured Dwarf armour, which is often iron. Huris wears a very distinctive helmet, which formerly belonged to a Dwarf warrior, but has been beaten so that it more or less fits his reptilian head.

Fourth miniature of Mormeg's Minas Tirith defender, painted in exactly the same style and colours as three figures already shown and two yet unshowed here, too). So, there is not too much to tell about painting itself but I would like to write about two properties of these miniatures. First - soft edges of most details, visible especially on the face and helmet. This is a characteristic mark of older Games Workshop's plastic figures, and I think it is both a matter of wear and tear of moulds and some technological drawback. Second thing is more mysterious I think. I have seen some kind of strange. very thin cracks on many miniatures from GW. Some of them on older, some of them on recently released minis. They look like two layers of plastic stuck together maybe... I wonder, what is it?

Third opponent of Mormeg's orc horde, painted by my brother of course. This one was painted in exactly the same way as two already shown, the only difference is his armament. I must admit that I hate to take photos of miniatures wearing shiny armour - it is very hard to show properly, especially when someone is using basic photo equipment, as I do...

Third of the Ghulam Infantry soldier was painted years ago - when I bought starter pack. I thought that it was painted rather well then, but nowadays... well, this miniature didn't pass the quality control check:) I didn't paint stripped him though, just painted more shadows and higlights. It is different the two soldiers painted recently, but it is not very visible on the table.Next 'Infinity' miniature I will paint, will be Hunzakut Sniper probably.

Second of defenders of White City painted by Mormeg. This miniature shares all the faults of the original plastic cast with the first defender of Minas Tirith, but, at the same time, it is more visible how my brother had tried to break monotony of limited colours palette. Folds of the jerkin on the back side of this miniature shows pale grey with blue hue - it is how light plays on the leather of the armour.